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[doodlebug4] 13/1/2017 09:03

Yooya ‏@YooyaChina
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[doodlebug4] 13/1/2017 09:00

There's been quite a lot of interest on the Yooya Twitter feed about the growing influence and investment of Alibaba in China:

[bdog51] 12/1/2017 21:10

Indeed flash and with a fairly small free float the FFWD share price is able to rise very quickly, as we've seen previousy. I'm expecting to witness this again in 2017!

[flashheart] 12/1/2017 21:00

Yours would be the accurate figure bdog. I think the others are best regarded as estimates though they're all in the same vicinity. About 80m in public free float then. Not too many.

[bdog51] 12/1/2017 20:52

The 136M was from Close to your figures anyway flash!

[flashheart] 12/1/2017 20:49

132m according to ADVFN.

[bdog51] 12/1/2017 20:49

The Company's issued share capital consists of 136,144,498 ordinary shares. 40.75% of shares are not in public hands.

[flashheart] 12/1/2017 20:48

133m according to HL.

[tenniselbow] 12/1/2017 20:18

How many shares are there issued ?

[doodlebug4] 12/1/2017 12:45

Good post mustardmark, thank you.

[mustardmark] 12/1/2017 09:32

Morning all

Yes DB, always like to lurk on the other threads to read other peoples viewpoints but to be honest, I'm failing to see any persuasive argument being put forward. IMHO their rationale for FFWD being a Jim Mellon ramp is 1) DBC is a poor investment and 2) Jim Mellon's involvement in DBC through his various investment vehicles. There is no mention of any other FFWD investment or indeed the latest announcement regarding possible IPO's.

Well, in regards to point 1, DBC is probably a poor investment financially - hence why Lorne did not partake in the latest funding round. As with all investments, you have winners and loser's, key to investing success is to ensure you have more winners than losers; run the winners and limit/cut your losses on those not performing. Also, very misleading in the article about 'ever increasing book value' - utter nonsense, it's booked at cost as per IFRS rules.

As to point 2 - Mellon is probably very passionate about the product and is using his various vehicles to fund DBC. Am I worried about that here at FFWD? - no, see point 1 and demonstrates that Lorne is steering his own course. Is Mellon being devious? again imho no, we've all at some point really believed in a product - I can recall pumping nearly £20k into a company called TEG, converted council collection waste to gas and I believed it was the answer to our landfill problems. Well, to cut a long saga short,it subsequently went pop and I lost the lot but hey ho, a fool and his money easily parted :)

Mellon could well have friends/relatives that suffer from Diabetes and this to him is the holy grail of offering relief to those who suffer. I'm not saying that the company won't be a great success in the future, it could well be, but in my mind other investments here offer far greater potential and I won't be disappointed if we offload DBC.

As with all things, time is the ultimate judge of who got it right and who got it wrong. share price will probably drift down until we get some concrete news - but that's to be expected. I for one am very excited with developments but as always, do your research and never invest more than you can afford to lose.

[doodlebug4] 11/1/2017 22:46

Yooya ‏@YooyaChina 9h9 hours ago
China spends more than ever on Alipay amid mobile payments boom

[rafboy] 11/1/2017 16:18

TT, agreed.

[doodlebug4] 11/1/2017 15:19

Sorry chaps I've been out and just got back home - will read up on this latest to see what it's all about!

[trotterstrading] 11/1/2017 14:59

Storm in a teacup for FFWD raf, but doesn't reflect well on JM

[flashheart] 11/1/2017 13:45

Ah I see. Ok.

[rafboy] 11/1/2017 13:36

Flasheart, yes, I agree it is a small investment and LA has stopped further loans it appears. I am more concerned at the potential conflict of interest.

[flashheart] 11/1/2017 13:28

DBC is by far the smallest investment in the portfolio and is somewhat insignificant compared to that of Leap, Yooya and the rest. The 'other' thread isn't really a viable source of information though either.

[rafboy] 11/1/2017 13:09

There appears to be some concerns about the Diabetic Foot Company on the other thread. As we have invested in this company I would appreciate a comment on the accusations made in the article by those more familiar with such dealings.

DB4 does a question need to be asked of FFWD?

[doodlebug4] 11/1/2017 10:51

Factom ‏@factom 12h12 hours ago
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[doodlebug4] 10/1/2017 15:11

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